Author: by Michael Berg
Across
Light-seeking insect MOTH
Singer Redding OTIS
Parallel parking place CURB
Noncommittal RSVP IMAY
Office notes MEMOS
Sri Lanka’s continent ASIA
Knockoff FAKE
Gas in fluorescent lamps ARGON
Currency of Cuba PESO
Nail treatment with a white tip FRENCHMANICURE
“I see now!” AHA
Black Sabbath genre METAL
Wild-goose ___ CHASE
The “p” in bpm PER
Tears into pieces RENDS
’90s ISP AOL
Crow’s call CAW
Finer point DETAIL
“So stinking amazing!” FREAKINGAWESOME
Field worker FARMER
Sync with Bluetooth PAIR
Doc’s prescription, for short MED
To be, in Spanish ESTAR
Spinach dish often served with paneer SAAG
Shoot an air ball MISS
Harvest REAP
Shade HUE
Caveman on a box of Fruity Pebbles FREDFLINTSTONE
Make a sulky look POUT
Ferris wheel or Tilt-A-Whirl RIDE
Get in contact with HITUP
Shade TINT
Column just left of a decimal point ONES
Overplay a role EMOTE
In addition ALSO
ASAP, in the OR STAT
Producer/actress Witherspoon REESE
Down
Make peeved MIFF
Actor Epps or singer Apollo OMAR
Word after “hot” or “double” TAKE
Doglike scavengers more closely related to cats HYENAS
Nebraska city that’s home to the Museum of Shadows OMAHA
Bit of technical vocab TERM
“Count me in!” IMGAME
“The ___ the better!” SOONER
Juliet and Tybalt, for two CAPULETS
Tech support caller USER
Ascend RISE
Dim sum bun BAO
Crappy mood SNIT
Like some pasts and picnic blankets CHECKERED
Vocation CAREER
___ macchiato CAFFE
B’nai mitzvah dances HORAS
App notification ALERT
Trounce, in gaming slang PWN
“Doppelganger” author Klein NAOMI
Ten-cent coins DIMES
Iditarod vehicles SLEDS
What a bike pump pumps AIR
“The Office” character with a beet farm DWIGHT
Liqueur that’s Italian for “a little bitter” AMARETTO
Transcript fig. GPA
Roadside assistance org. AAA
Broken-bone brace SPLINT
Relaxing moment for oneself METIME
Natural hairstyles AFROS
2024 Super Bowl halftime performer USHER
Prevent, like an evil genius’s plans FOIL
Does the last part of a triathlon RUNS
Think tank product IDEA
Make a home cozy NEST
Central Plains tribe OTOE
“Doggone it!” NUTS
Olympic fencing event EPEE
School fundraiser org. PTA
